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1/1/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Boston Bruins 4
Shots: 31 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:61/79=77 %, Challenges:46/48=93 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:52/57=89 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 873965 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:47 1-0
Steve Downie [4] (Nathan Paetsch, Toni Lydman)
16:55 1-1
Alexander Frolov [19] (Phil Kessel, Vladimír Sobotka)
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30:15 1-2
Phil Kessel [17] (Marian Gaborik, Patrice Bergeron)
32:06 2-2
Steve Downie [5] (Matt Pettinger, Dominic Moore)
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40:24 3-2
Tim Connolly [14] (Jeff Halpern, Craig Rivet)
41:25 3-3
Drew Stafford [10] (Phil Kessel, Joni Pitkänen)
41:52 4-3
Maxim Afinogenov [11] (Toni Lydman, Henrik Tallinder)
50:08 5-3
Daniel Paillé [2] (Luke Adam, Thomas Vanek)
51:06 5-4
Patrice Bergeron [16] (Joni Pitkänen)
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Penalty summary:
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03:22
Mark Recchi (2 min for hooking)
06:12
Dominic Moore (2 min for cross-checking)
12:55
Michael Ryder (2 min for boarding)
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34:59
Luke Adam (2 min for cross-checking)
37:03
Peter Schaefer (2 min for boarding)
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44:35
Peter Schaefer (2 min for hooking)
47:03
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for holding the stick)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 5
R Steve Downie 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 14.50 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
R Jeff Halpern 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 16.30 8
C Luke Adam 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 9.00 7
C Dominic Moore 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 12.50 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
C Tim Connolly 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 7
L Daniel Paillé 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.50 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 -1 20.10 9
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 15.10 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -1 23.50 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 7
D Toni Lydman 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.50 8
D Craig Rivet 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6.50 5
R Michael Ryder 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 10.40 5
R Marco Sturm 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
R Patrice Bergeron 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 21.00 8
C Vladimír Sobotka 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Mark Recchi 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 12.00 7
C Drew Stafford 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 12.10 6
C Phil Kessel 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 20.10 10
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 5
R Matt Stajan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 4
L Alexander Frolov 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 21.10 10
L Marian Gaborik 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -1 21.00 8
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.10 4
D Tom Preissing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 5
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 26.40 6
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.40 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 27.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 26 0 0 59.00 5
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Downie
2nd star: Phil Kessel
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Craig Rivet notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Henrik Tallinder has marked a new career high in assists with 16 assists.
-Thomas Vanek notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Daniel Paillé finally ended his 31 game goal drought.
-Daniel Paillé finally ended his 13 game point drought.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Drew Stafford scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Phil Kessel ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3( 33) , Providence Bruins 3( 17)
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1-0 ROC Luke Wiens (Dylan Hunter, Bobby Robins)
1-1 PRO Mikko Lehtonen (Brock Bradford)
1-2 PRO Chris Collins (Brad Schell)
2-2 ROC Justin Aikins
2-3 PRO Jeremy Reich (Brad Schell)
3-3 ROC Éric Castonguay (Justin Aikins)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Manny Fernandez